Our WSJ Crossword Hints for May 4, 2024 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The Wall Street Journal Crossword is a well-known and respected puzzle that appeals to solvers looking for a challenging and thought-provoking experience. The puzzles are created by a team of skilled constructors and are known for their clever clues, intricate wordplay, and challenging themes. The WSJ Crossword is published daily and offers solvers the opportunity to exercise their minds while enjoying a classic form of entertainment.
WSJ Crossword Hints, May 4, 2024
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the WSJ Crossword on 5/4/24. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
- 1A. Raging rants
- 8A. Sweethearts
- 13A. Embarrassing slips
- 19A. Extreme greed
- 20A. Elevate
- 21A. Annual Le Mans contest, e.g.
- 22A. Name often in the news?
- 23A. Country estate
- 24A. Suspiciously
- 25A. Pro bono agreement?
- 28A. Go team!
- 29A. Nonflowering plant
- 30A. Anna who’s name-checked in Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes”
- 31A. Gangland guns
- 33A. Gillette Stadium squad, familiarly
- 35A. Saloon run by a Brady Bunch daughter?
- 41A. Blonde shade
- 42A. Pitching goal
- 43A. Starsiak of HGTV’s “Good Bones”
- 44A. Some sorority members
- 46A. Certain detergent purchase?
- 51A. Like the flavor of lapsang souchong tea
- 52A. Sleep disorder
- 53A. Lee of Marvel
- 54A. "Enigma Variations" composer
- 56A. Home in a cave, say
- 57A. Critical hosp. area
- 59A. Console with an optional Balance Board
- 61A. Revealed to all
- 64A. Items on Aristotle’s résumé?
- 70A. Single individual
- 71A. Alicia Vikander’s role in “Ex Machina”
- 72A. Twisty curve
- 73A. Do something
- 74A. Diarist Nin
- 77A. Girl’s name supplanted as most popular by Olivia in 2019
- 80A. Light sprays
- 84A. Duck down
- 87A. Puts on a tight-fitting coat?
- 90A. Ballerinas in “Fantasia”
- 92A. Pristine
- 93A. Coward knighted by the queen
- 94A. Fury
- 95A. Comment when crossing the Peace Bridge?
- 98A. Spellbound
- 99A. Strong hold
- 100A. Broccoli ___
- 101A. Animal on Jägermeister bottles
- 103A. Tiny
- 104A. Operative with a penchant for puzzles?
- 112A. Like haters, often
- 113A. Give the slip
- 114A. Symbol of romance
- 116A. Carts to a second site
- 117A. Get a fresh crew for
- 118A. Chinua Achebe’s home country
- 119A. Yellow part of the eBay logo
- 120A. Annual awards for athletes
- 121A. Like a crummy review
- 1D. Game with “freeze” and “shadow” variants
- 2D. Novelist Turgenev
- 3D. Like the slimmest of margins
- 4D. Concert venues
- 5D. Skip class
- 6D. Outer: Prefix
- 7D. Appear to be
- 8D. Cuts corners
- 9D. Dismissing abruptly
- 10D. Vinegar variety
- 11D. “___ Enchanted” (Gail Carson Levine book)
- 12D. Ballpark figure
- 13D. Invisible danger
- 14D. Where Walmart began
- 15D. Herr’s spouse
- 16D. Bleachers bunch
- 17D. "Behold!," to Brutus
- 18D. Spot
- 21D. Part of a desert landscape
- 26D. Plainly obvious
- 27D. PC panic key
- 31D. Wildly enthusiastic
- 32D. "Make it snappy!"
- 33D. Nice round figure
- 34D. Woe is me!
- 36D. Chip in
- 37D. Staircase support
- 38D. Meas. of tempo or heart rate
- 39D. Lacking feet, to zoologists
- 40D. FALL guys
- 42D. Younger sister of Barbie
- 43D. Frenzied
- 45D. End of an end-of-year song
- 47D. “Hey! May I have some hay?”
- 48D. Cut
- 49D. Eye rudely
- 50D. Indian flatbread
- 55D. Solemn practice
- 58D. Home of the NCAA’s Bruins
- 60D. Fidelity offering
- 62D. Woebegone
- 63D. Elementary
- 64D. Milk-related
- 65D. Armed and dangerous swimmers?
- 66D. They're not free of charge
- 67D. “I smell ___!”
- 68D. Catering job
- 69D. Blocks
- 70D. Big celebration
- 75D. Hogwarts librarian ___ Pince
- 76D. More than suggested
- 78D. Get by
- 79D. Resting on
- 81D. Winter getaway
- 82D. Garr of “Young Frankenstein”
- 83D. Flight component
- 85D. Happy cry at a Greek wedding
- 86D. Pitiable sort
- 88D. Continuously striking out?
- 89D. Boogie
- 91D. Shoulder blade, to physiologists
- 96D. Bottomless pit
- 97D. Green
- 98D. M&T Bank Stadium squad
- 99D. Horror and humor, e.g.
- 102D. From now until midnight
- 103D. Club used in a sand trap
- 104D. Be rife
- 105D. 'That's funny!'
- 106D. Flier with kosher meals
- 107D. On this spot
- 108D. World Cup Cheers
- 109D. Bond villain with metal hands
- 110D. Lo __: noodle dish
- 111D. Pakistan’s place
- 112D. Many PSAT takers
- 115D. Word before worm or wax
The WSJ Crossword is a daily crossword puzzle that is published in The Wall Street Journal newspaper and on its website. The puzzle is known for its challenging difficulty level, clever wordplay, and witty themes.
The WSJ Crossword was first introduced in 2008, and has since become a popular source of entertainment and mental stimulation for crossword enthusiasts around the world. The puzzle is created by a team of experienced crossword constructors, who are known for their creativity and skill in the field of crossword puzzles.
One of the unique features of the WSJ Crossword is its emphasis on finance and business-related themes. The puzzle often includes clues and answers related to the world of economics, investing, and business news.
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